Pedro Dejesus and Maria Rivera face numeous charges.

A Lehigh County couple took their kids shopping, but apparently taught them how to shoplift instead, police said.

According to police documents, 40-year-old Pedro Dejesus, and Maria Rivera, 36, were shopping at the Walmart store at 2601 MacArthur Rd. in Whitehall Twp. around 11:45 a.m. on Friday with four juveniles, ranging in age from 7 to 15.

Dejesus and Rivera each selected items from the sporting goods, jewelry, cosmetics, electronics and men's departments, and hid them in their purses and jackets, police said,, and the two teenagers also hid items without paying for them.